Good Manners Dog Training
Let's Develop Good Manners.
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Classes
Good Manners: Level I
$230 (HST included)
1 hour/week for 6 weeks
Why This Class
Learn the fundamentals for good manners and obedience in an effective friendly manner. Work on the management of your dog's behaviour, elimination of unwanted behaviour and focus on your dog learning and building the desired behaviour by rewarding appropriate responses.
Obedience and Life Skills include include sit, down, stand, come when called, leave it, stay, polite greetings, loose leash walking, and attention to the handler .
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Who this class is for
For dogs over 16 weeks.
For dogs who are dog and people safe and up to date on vaccinations.
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We will send you a link to an orientation video to introduce you to training and to Carolark with your confirmed registration. Please also review our Policies and Training Guidelines
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HOW TO REGISTER
Please use the "Schedule" button to view our available classes and register.
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Good Manners: Level II (Public Manners)
$210 (HST included)
1 hour/week for 6 weeks
Why This class
For a well-behaved dog out in public and around groups of your family and friends and their pets. This class would be helpful in preparation for the Canadian Kennel Club "Canine Good Neighbour" or in preparation for evaluation as a therapy dog with organizations like Therapeutic Paws of Canada or Ottawa Therapy Dogs .
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Dogs will extend the basics and add complementary obedience and manners skills that support great public manners.
Dogs in this class will work on
- accepting a friend or stranger approaching
- sitting patiently
- walking on a loose leash in busier contexts
- accepting a stranger
- walking by other dogs
- behaving calmly around other dogs,
- working around distractions,
- remaining calm when left in supervised isolation for short periods of time.
Skills initiated in Good Manners I are extended with greater distractions and additional skills are introduced for appropriate handling and behaviour in public.
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Who this class is for
Teams who have completed Good Manners Level I or an equivalent obedience class. Dogs should have foundation skills started such as sit, down, sit/stay , walking politely and recall in a mildly distracting environment like our classroom.
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Dogs should be people and dog safe and fully vaccinated.
Nosey to Neutral
$210 (HST included)
1 hour/week for 5weeks
Why This Class
This the class for the dog that struggles to "mind their own business" or the dog who gets nervously excited or slightly worried at dogs, people or activity in the environment.
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Course Length: 5 weeks
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COURSE CONTENT
This class consists of a exercises and patterns of behaviour that help dogs to be more comfortable and calm with a shifting environment. Course exercises draw from the great work by Dr. Karen Overall and Leslie McDevitt. That work focuses on calm and comfort in an environment and biofeedback exercises.
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Who this class is for
Your dog is reactive to the environment in the form of struggling to be connected and aware of you or gets overly excited/a little worried about their environment (people, dogs, other items or activities).
If your dog is fearfully reactive of people or has bitten people or dogs and drawn blood please look to private sessions.
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If your dog is lunging and barking please refer to Help for Dogs who Over React to Dogs or Private Sessions
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Nosey to Neutral Beyond Grad
$42 (HST included)
1 hour individually booked
Why This Class
Continue to expand and solidify skills you and your dog are working to support your dog being calm and comfortable in various settings and with different activities.
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Course Length: 1 session
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Session Content
This Session continues the use of exercises and patterns of behaviour that help dogs to cope better with the shifting environment. Exercises are drawn from the great work by Dr. Karen Overall and Leslie McDevitt. The exercises focus on calm and comfort in an environment and biofeedback exercises.
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Who this class is for
Dogs who have completed Nosey to Neutral. The sessions associated to this service can be booked by individuals who have completed Nosey to Neutral. For Nosey to Neutral Grads booking this service you will need to have created a password on the portal and be logged in for the service to be visible.
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Beyond Good Manners Level II
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Continue training with your pup for fun, skill, a great relationship or enrichment.
Obedience, tricks, movement skills are all fun and rewarding.
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